The invention belongs to the technical field of biological
catalysis, and particularly discloses a method for synthesizing
calcifediol by using a photocatalytic device. According to the method, 7-dehydrocholesterol is used as a substrate, and 25-hydroxy-7-dehydrocholesterol is obtained through the steps of non-specific
oxide enzyme catalysis, extraction, reduced pressure
distillation and the like. Dissolving the 25-hydroxy-7-dehydrocholesterol in a polar
solvent, a non-polar
solvent or a mixed
solvent system of the polar solvent and the non-polar solvent, adding an anti-oxidation
reagent, and carrying out an illumination
isomerization reaction; and under the protection of
inert gas, carrying out thermal
isomerization reaction on the reaction liquid after photochemical treatment, then carrying out low-temperature
crystallization to obtain part of
calcifediol crystals, collecting the filtrate after
crystallization, and carrying out thermal
isomerization reaction and low-temperature
crystallization for multiple times to obtain the residual
calcifediol crystals. The method has the advantages of simple operation steps, small usage amount of the
organic solvent, high synthesis efficiency and cost saving, and is beneficial to large-scale industrial production of calcifediol.